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- Apr 25 Minnesota child-care union would help kids Everyone benefits if providers are given the right to form a union. (Star Tribune)
- Jul 08 Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee on the June Jobs Report
- Jul 07 “A Healthy Economy Is the Best Deficit Reduction Strategy” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on debt ceiling negotiations (Press Release)
- Jun 03 Ordinary workers took extraordinary stand, made history Memphis sanitation strike an important turning point in the fight for civil rights, workplace equality... (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
- May 11 NYC Parents Rally For Child Care Thousands rallied outside of City Hall Wednesday in support of child care for working families.... (NY1 News)
- Apr 28 Memphis Sanitation Strike Workers to Be Inducted into Labor Hall of Fame Secretary of Labor to host ceremony on Friday, April 29, to begin induction of 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strike workers into Labor Hall of Fame (Press Release)
- Apr 28 Workers Memorial Day Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Workers Memorial Day (Press Release)
- Apr 15 California in-home services escape ax As they reduced the budget deficit, Democrats repeatedly emphasized the ideological sacrifices they'd made. (Sacramento Bee)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
- Apr 12 Federal budget cuts hit health, labor, education hardest More than half of $38 billion in spending cuts hit education, labor and health programs.... (Dispatch Politics)
- Sep 28 Is Early Childhood Education An Investment In The Future Or A Giant Waste Of Money? Advocates of early childhood education programs like Head Start often claim that the social benefits... (The Business Insider)
- Aug 25 Quality First! Early childhood initiative in Arizona Quality First! is a brand new but very important coalition to improve early care in... (Phoenix Examiner)
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Fighting Back
2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...
State Battles Summit: Pres. McEntee Keynote
AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee delivered the opening keynote address at AFSCME's State Battles Summit, three days of intense education about fighting the unprecedented right-wing attacks on public service workers...
Protect Our Kids Rally for Child Care in NYC
A massive crowd of AFSCME activists marched on New York City Hall on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 to protest proposed cuts to child care services in the city budget. AFSCME...
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- May 31 Minnesota Child Care Providers Bill Becomes Law Gov. Mark Dayton’s signature sets stage for union vote. (Blog)
- May 24 Video Series Details How Unions Support the Middle Class AFSCME child care worker from Wisconsin talks about the importance of belonging to a union.... (Blog)
- May 20 Thousands of Minnesota Child Care Providers Win Bargaining Rights Family child care providers win a historic legislative victory after a years-long campaign. (Blog)
- May 01 At NYC Rally, Supporters of Child Care Protest City’s Early Learn Program Program has led to a decline in the number of children receiving public child care.... (Blog)
- Jan 30 One-Man March for NYC Child Care Gains Support IVP Raglan George, Jr. vows to protest Bloomberg’s damaging Early Learn program until it’s gone.... (Blog)
- Aug 20 A Vote in Favor of Reclaiming Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin AFSCME Local 502 President La Tonya Johnson moves one step closer to Assembly seat. (Blog)
- May 25 New Studies: Unions Boost Child Care Workers’ Training, Job Satisfaction Child care providers have better access to crucial professional development when they join a union.... (Blog)
- Apr 13 California Child Care Providers Recognized for Service Community recognizes contributions of child care providers during Cesar Chavez Day festivities in Orange County.... (Blog)
- Dec 16 AFSCME Says No to Big Apple Early Education Proposal DC 1707 fights back against plan that would reduce children's access to early learning programs... (Blog)
- Dec 09 Judge Forces Thousands of Minnesota Child Care Providers to Wait for Their Right to Unionize Temporary restraining order blocks election due to lawsuit by union-busting conservative think tank. (Blog)
- Nov 16 Minnesota Child Care Providers Win Right to Vote for Union Representation Executive order sets the stage for negotiations over standards, funding and quality of care. (Blog)
- Jun 01 The Main Street Movement Fights over budgets, pensions and public services are really a battle for the American Dream. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
